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Hojo Motor is a Scam!

The Hojo Motor is a scam. If you purchased the Hojo Motor plans before reading this post, I'm sorry, you got scammed. If you purchase the Hojo Motor plans after reading this post, you are dumb. Plain and simple. I'm sorry to use harsh words here, but sometimes it's necessary to be blunt in order to get your point across.

We've been down this path before, with the Magniwork scam. In fact, Magniwork has been our most popular post, and has led us to post Renewable Energy Scams. As you can see from that post, there is no shortage of scams out there trying to take advantage of the energy ignorant.

I don't care that on the web page for the Hojo plan they show some patents (see the bottom of this post for information regarding said patents) for a some kind of magnetic perpetual motion machine. I'm not even going to get into the discussion on the laws of thermodynamics. What I will tell you is if some kind of free energy generator was real, I would be the first person to have it. You wouldn't hear about some free energy generator from some Google ad, you would hear about it because the President is talking about it on the world stage. It would be the biggest breakthrough in the 21st century. And you think you are going to buy some plans for $49.97? (side note: ClickBank sells these plans along with many other scams, and they should be fined by the Federal Trade Commission)

Howard Johnson was a brilliant inventor. You got that one fact correct. However, his technologies were never fully developed, and were still very experimental when he died. Even if he was able to create motion in an experimental test rig (after hundreds or thousands of hours of work), it was not ready to power a home, an appliance, or even a very light load like a light bulb. The idea that someone could take plans for his device, and build a system capable of powering their home, is totally absurd. Unless of course, they had tens of thousands of dollars to spend, months to experiment just to make a motor self-sustain, and even more time and money to do the research and development needed to do anything practical with it.

Regarding the Patent Claims, below is what I received from a friend who is a patent attorney:

First, if he got a patent on this "secret" invention that was just released, then it couldn't have been secret, since getting a patent means publicly disclosing the invention. Patents don't certify that free energy works, the patents simple certify that his magnetic motor works as a magnetic motor

Regarding the patents: I"ve pasted the first independent claim of each of the patents so you can start learning what patents really cover. The claims are the legal bounds of the patent and define what the inventor is actually protecting. As you will so, there is no language in any of these claims that says free energy, pertetual motion, etc.

4,151,431 patent expired in 1999.
It Claims: A permanent magnet motor comprising, in combination, a stator track defining a track direction and having first and second sides and composed of a plurality of track permanent magnets each having first and second poles of opposite polarity, said magnets being disposed in side-by-side relationship having a spacing between adjacent magnets and like poles defining said track sides, an elongated armature permanent magnet located on one of said track sides for relative movement thereto and in spaced relationship to said track side wherein an air gap exists between said armature magnet and said track magnets, said armature magnet having first and second poles of opposite polarity located at the opposite ends of said armature magnet defining the length thereof, the length of said armature magnet being disposed in a direction in general alignment with the direction of said track, the spacing of said armature magnet poles from said track associated side and the length of said armature magnet as related to the width and spacing of said track magnets in the direction of said track being such as to impose a continuous force on said armature magnet in said general direction of said track.

(THIS IS NOT CLAIMING A FREE ENERGY DEVICE, just a specific, very narrowly claimed type of motor)

4,877,983 Patent - expired in 2009
It Claims:
In combination with a movable armature, means for guiding movement of the armature along a predetermined path and a permanent armature magnet having magnetic poles of opposite polarity spaced from each other along said path to establish a magnetic field of limited extent movable with the armature and magnetic stator means for establishing a stationary magnetic flux zone along said path, the improvement comprising flux emitting surfaces of one polarity mounted on the stator means on opposite sides of said path for limiting said flux zone through which said path extends and means mounting the permanent armature magnet on the armature with the poles thereof orientated relative to said flux emitting surfaces on the stator means for unidirectionally propelling the armature along said path through the limited zone in response to magnetic interaction between the movable magnetic field and the limited flux zone, said magnetic stator means including a plurality of magnetic gate assemblies fixedly spaced from each other along said path and respectively establishing stationary magnetic fields, each of said gate assemblies including a plurality of interconnected bar magnets substantially bordering said limited flux zone exposing pole faces of opposite polarity in parallel spaced planes intersected by said path, and magnetic means connected to said interconnected bar magnets exposing one of the flux emitting surfaces of said one polarity perpendicular to said parallel planes for magnetic interaction of the stationary magnetic fields.

(AGAIN, NOT CLAIMING PERPETUAL MOTION, just a different motor configuration)

5,402,021 will expire 2015
It Claims:
A magnetic propulsion system comprising:

a vehicle having a rigidly attached magnetic armature, said magnetic armature including a first series of magnets positioned across said vehicle and extending generally from one lateral side of the vehicle to another lateral side of the vehicle, all of the magnets in said first series of magnets being generally parallel to one another;

a first magnetic wall disposed laterally adjacent said vehicle and extending longitudinally along a desired direction of vehicle travel, said first magnetic wall comprising a second series of magnets, each of the magnets in said second series having a particular size and a North-to-South axis pointing in the same direction as the desired direction of vehicle travel, each of said permanent magnets of said particular size in said second series being separated from the next successive permanent magnet in said second series by a thinner magnet, each of said thinner magnets having a pole-to-pole length which is shorter than the lateral width of said magnets of a particular size in said second series, said thinner magnets further having a North-to-South axis pointing perpendicular to the North-to-South axis of said magnets of a particular size in said second series and pointing generally toward a vehicle side of the first magnetic wall; and

a second magnetic wall disposed generally parallel to said first magnetic wall and laterally adjacent to said vehicle but opposite from said first magnetic wall, said second magnetic wall comprising a third series of magnets, each of said magnets in said third series having said particular size and a North-to-South axis pointing in an opposite direction from the desired direction of vehicle travel, each of the permanent magnets in said third series being separated from the next successive permanent magnet of said particular size in said third series by a thinner magnet, each of said thinner magnets in the second magnetic wall having a pole-to-pole length which is shorter than the lateral width of said magnets of a particular size in said third series, said thinner magnets in the second magnetic wall further having a North-to-South axis pointing in the same general direction as the North-to-South axis of the thinner magnets in the first magnetic wall;

wherein said first and second magnetic walls create magnetic fields which exert propelling forces on said armature and thereby cause the vehicle to accelerate in the desired direction of vehicle travel.

It is annoying how many people get up in arms about patents when they just take for granted what someone who is clearly also not a patent person tells them. Always always always read the claims of the patent before making any comments about what the patent supposedly covers.

Comments

WOW! I found one magnet generator that actually works, its not Hojo but seems to work on the same principal, it was invented in Argentina. I know spanish hopefully some of you do as well because this fellows explains step by step how it works, this unit is producing energy, its not plugged to anything, (sure, it could have hidden batteries) but its unlikely, please watch n leemme know what you all think.hres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBB8puMtwJM&amp;feature=related

NO CHRIS YOU DON'T KNOW. YOU HAVE NO IDEAL WHAT HELL YOU ARE TAKING ABOUT. YOU MUST BE WORKING FOR THE U.S GOVERNMENT OR THE BIG OIL COMPANY. THE MAGLEV WORKS JUST LIKE THIS HOJO MOTOR OR WHAT WE CALL THE MAGNETIC MOTOR. I BUILT A SMALL MOTOR THAT USES NOTHING BUT MAGNET TO RUN ON. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS TO GET THE RIGHT ANGLE OF THE MAGNETS SO THAT THE MOTOR WILL RUN AT A SPEED THAT I CAN USE TO OPERATE A SMALL GENERATOR. I THINK I HAVE THIS ANGLE AND IT HAS RAN FOR ABOUT EIGHT HOURS. CHRIS YOU JUST DON'T PUT A MAGNET TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE A MOTOR. YOU NEED TO LINE UP THE MAGNETS ON DISC SO THAT YOU HAVE THE MAGNETS NORTH,SOUTH,NORTH,SOUTH ALL AROUND THE DISC SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY NORTH OR SOUTH POLES TOGETHER ON THE DISC. THEN YOU HAVE ON THE OUT SIDE OF THE ROTATING DISC THE SAME SET UP NORTH SOUTH NORTH SOUTH SETUP. WHEN THE SOUTH POLE ON THE ROTATING DISK MEETS THE SOUTH POLE ON THE STATIONARY MAGNET IT PUSH OFF WHEN THE SOUTH POLE MEETS NORTH IT ATTRACTS AND IT DOES THIS WITH ALL THE OTHERS.AND LIKE I SAID CHRIS THIS IS HOW THE MAGLEV TRAIN WORKS IN CHINA. THEY USE ELETRO MAGNET NOT FIX MAGNETS. BECAUSE THE MAGLEV TRAIN MAGNET ARE TURN OFF AFTER THE TRAIN PASS OVER THE AREA AND THEN THE NEXT ELECTRO MAGNETS TURN ON. THIS IS DUN THROUGHOUT LENGTH OF THE SYSTEM. THE SPEED OF THE ON OFF OF THE ELECTRO MAGNETS SLOW OR SPEED UP THE TRAIN. THERE ARE NO RAIL TRACK USE THE TRAIN OPERATES 3 INCHES ABOVE THE PLATFORM BY ELETRO MAGNETS. THIS IS TO SAVE ON ELECTRICITY PLUS THE NEED TO STOP AND START THE TRAIN THIS WHY THEY USE ELETRO MAGNETS. I WILL TRY USING A ELETRO MAGNETS ON THE OUTSIDE OF MY SMALL MODEL AND SEE IF I CAN CONTROL THE SPEED THE MOTOR. I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD MAGNETIC MOTOR USING THE SUPER MAGNETS. ALSO CHRIS HAVE YOU TRY TO BUILD ONE OF THESE MOTORS OR ARE YOU GOING BY WHAT EVERY BODY ELSE IS SAYING. DON'T OPEN YOUR MOUTH UNLESS YOU TRY BUILDING ONE.LOOK UP HOW THE MAGLEV WORKS ON YAHOO OR GOOGLE. THIS IS WHERE I GOT MY IDEA. YOU DON'T NEED THESE PLANS TO BUILD ONE OF THESE MOTORS BUT THEY MAY HELP?

I think some of the posts here ignore the most obvious reason of all why this is a scam. If the damn motor worked - they would just mass produce it and sell it to millions, making billions themselves. No need to provide people with "blueprints", and what...sell to a few hundred? Energy companies be damned... if someone came to my house, hooked a motor up to my electric panel, disconnected the service to my home and I still had lights and power - I'd buy the thing no matter what PSE&amp;G told me.

Here is a great experiment. Google for U.S. Patent Search and enter 5,402,021. I did and I got nothing. I think the HoJo scamers made up their own US patent page and encouraged prospective suckers to check out the validity of their claims.

I have read the article and quite a few of the comments and have noticed that most of the people that read and write here are professional and have knowledge of the issues regarding the hojomotor, electricity, perpetual motion, and some scientific contributers regarding the free energy issue. I now have some research and reading to do, and that I wish I had done a long time ago. I came to this web site via reference from the local BBB that I contacted to find out if the hojomotor offer was a scam. I am convinced that claims about this particular device and the instructions to build one that will actually do what they claim are false and that it is indeed a scam...so I won't buy the plans. The only sensable energy solution I've heard of, and it isn't free, but is feasable and cheaper than a lot of others, would be to build series' of hydro generators on our major rivers. It may not power the world but it would certainly take the strain of the grid. My pop thought of this about 40 yrs. ago. They haven't completely killed it but is about as far under the table as you can get
However I do feel that I should contribute some comments on some of the comments (dumb sounding or not),that I have read. You may get a big laugh out of them, maybe angry, or maybe see some sense to what I say. Whatever you get from my comments I do feel the need to put in a few cents.
To start their are some absolute truths out there. They will be disputed, argued with, and just plain disbelieved, but nevertheless they are truths. First, ours and any other government, or should I say certain factions of and within governments, will absolutely not allow any type of device that will produce free power, on the open market period. If you can't figure out why I feel very very sorry for you. A hint is "economy". Not just ours, but the entire planets financial system would completely collaps because our entire financial system is supported by the production of energy. The fossil fuel industry and the worlds auto makers back them to the hilt. Toyota has had a hydrogen car operational now for several years. the milage is astounding. Its in the process of being killed. Back in the early 50's a man that worked for GM built a working model of a carberator that would give any car or light truck about 300 to 350 mpg's. GM legally bought the patent which later along with the invinter, came up missing and have been heard from and seen again. Please do not ask me how I know this, I will absolutely not tell you. Up till about 7 yrs. ago a light buld that Edison actually made himself finally burned out. It seems that he really did come across a almost undistructable filliment. You will never see this on the open market. Their are a lot more ideas and invention that will never hit the market. Check out a little automotive history about the original resistor spark plug. The more miles you put on it the better and more efficent it got.
Second, their is a governmental organization under the guize of national security, that can at will, monitor any and all internet activity from anyone, or any computer or computer like device. AND I MEAN ANYONE. It operates 24\7\365. If you wish to find out about this organization and where it is be my guest. Its actually no secret, but it is extremely low profile. Its located in the midwest. Don't get me started on spy satilites. They lie about how much resolution they actually have. If your standing in your front yard and happen to be in veiw some of them can tell you the brand of smoke you use, the brand of shoes your wearing, and even the time on and brand of watch your wearing.I'm out of time right now but probably get back to this. You might ask whats all that I wrote have to do with the hojomoter. Well I can say that the concept while not being completely perpetual in nature, can work and I would lay odds that their is one working out their somewhere right now. But I'm just a another dummy that will be good and listen to all they say.

Max I think is probably the one selling the plans. On FB I keep hitting the x to get rid of the hojo crap and keep telling FB it's misleading, apparently someone took a lot of money to keep it on FB. This motor like all the other youtube motor's don't work. I think we have a better chance to get a generator to run on water........ Oh wait, I think they have that on Youtube also.